Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-29
STATESMEN AND THE WEED.
Nearly All Of Them Use Tobacco in Some
Form.

President Cleveland's After-Dinner Cigar
Senator Sherman's Best Havanas and Ger
Rosecrans's Virginia Stogas-Men Who Ia
Tobacco Old-Time Smokers, and Chewer
in Senate and House.
A Wash ngton correspondent of TIL
Nc:2 ork IIiorid writes: Presiden
Cleveland smokes cigars. Senator Ed
munds chews fine.cut. Senator Georg
snuffs. and Senator EustIs puffs cigar
cites. Our leading statesmen as r,l
use tobacco more or less, and there ar,
few who do not regularly take thei
post.prandial cigar. Secretary Fa +
child does not smoke unit he is throu !
with his work for the day. Presiden
Clevelands da ly cigar is taken aftel
dinner, and no usually smokes it sit
Ting ut his desk in his Office. He lean.
back in h s chair and puffs out tn,
smoke in great volumes. Senator
Blackburn always has gar in hi,
mouth. His dealer at tho Cap toll tells
me that he uses the strongest tobacco
buys three cigars for a quarter and viii
moi take one that is of II gingerbread
yellow. Senator Sherman keeps box
of cigars in his commit ee-room, and
he smokes the best Havanas Gen.
Rosecrans says there is nothing Ike
the Virginia st0gy, and h face is !,
poem of pleasure as he blows its smoke
into the mir. Gen. Shcr dan smokes II
great deal, Gen. Arson G. McCook
likes a strong black weed. and Con.
Terumseh Sherman often takes what ia
called Il dry smoke. He keeps his
cigars in his mouth for some time be-
fore he lights them and chcws them TO
pieces rs he draws Their fragrant aroma
into his lungs.
One of the most inveterate smokers
of the past was Judge Will am d. KEEL
ley, the pig-ron Protoclionist He
smoked steadily for nearly two genera
tons and chewed at the same time. He
would 90 to bed with II gu Il OF tobacco
in his mouth and sleep with it lying
next 10 his cheek. When he arose in
the morning he would take fresh
chew. and the result was that his system
>ecnme saturated with nic0t ne. A
ew years ago the side of the cheek in
which the tobacco lay at night became
poisoned. and cnncerou, growth was
the result. He consulted the doctors
and they told him that this would have
to be cut out and that he would have
to stop the use Of tobacco. He consent
ed 10 the operation and by his ndom l.
able will succeeded in Civ ng up smok-
ing and chewing He tells me. how
ever. that hc must still ;,vuid places
where he must breathe tobacco smoke.
and that the craving for nicotine some
mes grows so strong upon him that
he will bite off the end OF cigar and!
chew t. He has felt, however like II
new man nc, he stopped smoking.
and he bids far to 1--we until ho is II
hundred.
Gen. Grants cancer was undOubtcd.
~ caused by excessive smoking. and
DR.. Bliss. GaricId's physician. nearly
ruined his health by the uso of strong
cigars. b SIS smoking cost him hund.
reds of dollars year. He never used
an thing but the most costly imported
cigars. and he thought nothing OF pay
ing fifty cents or Il dollar for II smoke.
He swore Oft am told. about a year
ago and is now n healthier man.
Chauncry Dcpew used to smoke TWEEN
ty CARS Il day, but found himself
growing dyspcptic and low-spiriled.
He thought it might be tho tobacco.
He tried 10 reduce his number of cigars
and failed. He then decided TO stop
smoking altogether and succeeded.
Tom Bowen of Colorado smokes in
cessnntly. and chews when he takes a
gar out of his mouth. Congressman
McA,loo smokes eight cigars for dol
lar, and Bob lngersolI is fond of Reina
V,ctorias. Senator Van Wyck does
not smoke at all. and he once told me
his first experience in the use of tobac.
co. He sad:
1t was when was boy. l had n
great ambit on to be smoker and
thought it manly. took few pen
n es had saved and bought a cheap
few minutes l was suffering the tor.
lures of the damned. With pale face
crept homeward, crawlrd into my
bedroom ami IN. mother balhed M
head. | don't know whether / CAV
any reason for my sudden attack. but
WAS sure was 90 NJ TO de. THIS OK.
perience was. however, enough for
me. and | have never attempted to
smoke since then"
Gen. Grant says in his memoirs that
he found it very hard to learn to
smoke. He failed utterly at West
PO mt in his attempt to acquire the
habit of using tobacco. and it was not
until many ears afterward~ that he sue
ceeded.
Horace Greeley used to say that
when man began to smoke he inme-
diatclr became hog, and ii this is SO
we have had noted hogs among our
public men. Henry A. Wise could
chew Il plug of tobacco at sitting.
Every one will remember jackson
corn.cob pipes. and John Adams and
John Quincy Adams were both smok,
ers. Daniel Webster ked a good CT.
gar and Henri. Clay chewed, smoked
and snutfcd Clay would not carr, a
snutf-boX himself for fear that he
might indulge too freely in the ha bill
and thus injure his melodous voice
He borrowed his pinches of snuff from
his fr ends, and there is story told n
which he stopped in the middle of al
argument at the Supreme Court ant
asked Chief-Juslice Marshall for
pinch of Maccobv.
Shutting. however. is on the decline
though Big bottles of it are still KEEP